vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Curtobacterium ammoniigenes compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Actinobacteriota (Actinobacteriota)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Actinomycetia (Actinomycetia)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Actinomycetales (Actinomycetales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Microbacteriaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Curtobacterium	Brachyuromys
Species	Curtobacterium ammoniigenes	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Large Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Curtobacterium ammoniigenes is a Gram-positive actinobacterium in the family Microbacteriaceae, isolated from soil and plant-associated environments. It is aerobic, rod-shaped, and motile by a single flagellum, and is capable of producing ammonia from organic nitrogen compounds. The genus Curtobacterium is commonly found in agricultural soils and the phyllosphere of various crop plants.